*William Cox 
*William was born in 1700 in Orange, Virginia, USA.1 *William's father was *James Cox and his mother was Elizabeth Hannah Cary. His paternal grandparents were *Christopher Cock and Grace Bolitho; his maternal grandparents were Miles Cary and *Anna Milner. He had three sisters named Hannah, Naomi and Hannah. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 51 on June 20th, 1751 in Orange, Virginia, USA.1 General Notes
WILLIAM COX
1. Resided on Lynches River, Hanover County, VA
2. Will of William Cox
"In the name of God, Amen, I William Cox of Orange County and St. Thomas Parish being sick and weak but of perfect sound memory and knowing that mankind must die my desire is as following. First, I give my soul to God who gave it hoping that the merrits of my blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to inherit Normal Bliss and give my Body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter I shall name.
Item: I give and bequeath to my Son William Cox one hundred acres of Land beginning at the Gahagan Corner and Chapman Bakerson Plantation and his and so to Chapman line and to where he begun to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Tyre Cox one hundred acres of land beginning at Chapmans line and my son Williams corner along Chapman's Line as far as my land and cros in till he can turn to take his Brother William line to the beginning but if he should die without heirs of his Body Lawfully begotten then my desire is it should be sold and divided amongst the rest of my Children and after my wife decease and if he shall have heir to him and his forver.
Item: I give and bequath to my son Carey Cox one hundred acres of land joining of Mountagus laind and long by Rasline so along my line not taking any part of the plantation and so to his brother Tyre line to where it begun and after the decease of my wife, to him and heirs forever.
Item: I give to my son Toliver Cox one hundred acres of land whereon my plantation is and to from his brother Carey line and so to Terry Run and by Gahagan line and so to his brother William line and so to the beginning and my desire is my other three sons shall lay of their lands and the Toliver shall have the more or less and after she my wife decease to hold the to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I loan to my well belove wife all the rest of Estate after my Debts be paid with the last three hundred acres during her life and the land to them that I already gave it and the rest to be divided amongst my sons that has no land to them and their heirs forever.
I ordain my loving wife, Martha Cox, to be my whole Excnt. and she shall neither be had to give Security not to bring the said Estate to be preced and disallowing all wills and Testatments before to be void and this only to be in full force and Value ad witness my hand the 20th day of June 1751.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of us,
William Cox (L S)
James Mitchell
Eliz Marcy (her mark)
Thomas Cahagan
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1500 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England d.Jan 1559 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1543 in Stottesden,,Shropshire,England d.04 Aug 1587 in Stottesden, Shropshire, , England
- b.1502 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England d.02 Feb 1550 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1569 in Stottesdon,,Shropshire,England d.1630 in ,,Shropshire,England
- b.1547 in Stottesden, Shropshire, England d.1587 in Stottesden, Shropshire, England
- b.14 Dec 1643 in Helston, Cornwall, , England d.1716 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA
- b.05 Sep 1585 in Stottesden, Shropshire, , England d.01 Mar 1630 in Prod, Early, Georgia, United States
- b.1674 in , Cornwall, , England d.16 Dec 1738 in , Orange, Virginia, USA
- b.1655 in Wendron, Cornwall, , England d.1720 in Virginia, USA
- b.1700 in Orange, Virginia, USA d.20 Jun 1751 in Orange, Virginia, USA
- b.10 Apr 1583 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, , England d.13 Feb 1661 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, , England
- b.30 Jan 1622 in Saints Church Bristol England d.10 Jun 1667 in Windmill Point, Warwick, Virginia, USA
- b.1590 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, , England d.1635 in Bristol, Somerset, England
- b.1655 in Warwick, Virginia, United States d.27 Feb 1709 in Richneck, Warwick, Virginia, United States
- b.1595 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, , England d.09 Jun 1667 in Virginia, United States
- b.1621 in Windmill Point, Warwick, Virginia, United States d.13 Mar 1657 in Windmill Point, Warwick, Virginia, United States
- b.1578 in København, Kobenhavn, Denmark d.1672 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, , England
- b.01 Jun 1672 in Virginia, USA d.01 Jun 1745 in , Orange, Virginia, USA
- b.1655 in Warwick, Virginia, USA d.1710 in Warwick, Virginia, United States
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Details of *William's family with Martha "Lady Cary" Carey
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